Competency Profiles as Basis for Course Design of the MA in Transformational Urban
Course: TUL530 TUL530 Urban Poor Church Leadership (Churchplanting)

Competency Skill Knowledge Value Character
Course: TUL530 TUL530 Urban Poor Church Leadership

(Churchplanting)
297
Able to differentiate the causes of Apply contextual analytical Document differences between

poverty in various urban contexts, tools to pockets of poverty in push and pull factors causing

relating these to social theories their own city urban poverty; theories of

causation of slum poverty; the

difference between first and third

world poverty: and other endemic

social and environmental problems

of the slums
310
Slum church worship skills Differentiate the nature

of urban poor and middle

class worship patterns
302
Understands and skilful at entrance ot a Have been part of a team in a Hnderstand the difference Experimented with Trainees will have a biblical

community public preaching context between a fast approach and slow processes of finding a foundation for withstanding

approaches to evangelism and person of peace in a opposition when

when it is appropriate to use these community
306
Able to discern seasons of ministry Have a work plan for each Understand group dynamics, Value a ministry, its Evaluate their own maturity

growth with a developed work plan for season of growth for an urban focus of teaching and group teaching, group dynamics of character and ministry

each season for an urban poor context poor context culture at each phase of the four and culture, according to experience in the light of the

its season of growth four seasons of growth
305
Have a framework for discernment about Skilled in a process for Have a framework of elements Value both spiritual

a community before entrance. unobtrusively gaining they need to discern about a discernment and non-

information on a community community before entrance intrusive pragmatic

research methods in

community research
298
Identify characteristics of an urban poor Identify characteristics of an

church from reflections on Oscar Lewis' urban poor church from reflections

"Culture of Poverty" thesis on Oscar Lewis' "Culture of

Poverty" thesis
337
Development of deacons and elders Able to critically evaluate, Understands Boblical models of

among the poor and patterns of using the Four Seasons Chart, leadership and can relate these to

leadership in a specific context cell group, small group, and specific cltural styles of leadership

developed basedd on one of the New fellowship development Use

of these groups to provide

pastoral care for the poor
360
Utilises culturalcommunication vehicles Utilises analogies, proverbs, Knows the proverbs and major folk Values Cultural

folksongs, drama for evangelism stories of the culture communication vehicles
363
Has a gospel that engages in power Communicates a gospel that Understands the Biblical basis Values power encounter

encounters with the bondage of breaks the bondages of power encounters with a gospel

oppressive world views - fatalism, oppressive world views that addresses the bondage of

Karma, castism, demon possession oppressive world views - fatalism,

Karma, castism, demon

possession or equivalents in other
366
Intitiates and leads a youth ministry Skilled to initiate and lead a Understands the nature of youth,

youth ministry their issues within the culture, and

varioius models of youth ministry

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